Russia benefiting from the war in Iran

[ElmerMudd]

Russia benefiting from the war in Iran
* the oil proces are up even for Russia's discounted prices
*US eased oil sanctions, helping more
*global distraction from the war in Ukraine
*Ballistic missles and other weapons the Ukraine depends on from USA may not be availble in the same quantities

And on top of all of that, it appears Russia is helping the Iranians in the war.

Go figure

https://www.economist.com/finance-and-economics/2026/03/13/vladimir-putin-enjoys-a-huge-windfall-from-the-iran-war

How Russia Emerged as an Early Winner of the Iran War

The war in Iran has shaken global markets and caused geopolitical blowback, but Russia could benefit in the short term.

time.com

 

[1srelluc]

LOL....Z-man must feel "all back of the bus" sure enough.

 

[berg80]

Russian agents too.

Trump’s DOJ Is Helping a Convicted FBI Informant Tied to Russian Intelligence​

For a year, the Trump Justice Department has been on an odd mission: to assist a mysterious former FBI informant with ties to Russian intelligence who ended up in prison for passing disinformation about Joe Biden to the bureau. His crime deeply affected American politics. The false claim he slipped to the FBI—that Biden and his son Hunter each were paid a $5 million bribe by a Ukrainian energy company—became the main evidence in the House Republicans’ reckless and ill-fated impeachment drive against the 46th president.

For pushing this phony tale, Alexander Smirnov, who pleaded guilty of lying to the FBI, was sentenced a year ago to six years of incarceration. (The punishment also covered failing to pay taxes on more than $2 million in income.) But for some strange reason, Trump’s DOJ has been helping him to get out of prison. On March 4, in a move that has drawn no media attention, the department quietly filed an unusual brief—submitted by Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche—supporting Smirnov’s attempt to throw out his sentence and withdraw his guilty plea.

Trump’s DOJ is helping a convicted FBI informant tied to Russian intelligence

Alexander Smirnov’s lies about Joe Biden were at the core of the GOP’s impeachment drive.

www.motherjones.com

He plead guilty. The DoJ wants to let him go. WTF?

 

[berg80]

This was not the first time the Trump Justice Department sided with Smirnov in his ongoing legal battle. It has forged a curious alliance with this convicted Russia-connected fabricator whose lies were embraced by Trump, MAGA Republicans, and right-wing media and cited as smoking-gun evidence for Biden’s impeachment.

Soooooooooooo, FBI agents who investigated trump's crimes get fired. A Russian agent who lied about Biden getting a bribe gets help from the DoJ to have his charges dropped. Even I can hardly believe this one.

 

[dudmuck]

Russia benefiting from the war in Iran
* the oil proces are up even for Russia's discounted prices
*US eased oil sanctions, helping more
*global distraction from the war in Ukraine
*Ballistic missles and other weapons the Ukraine depends on from USA may not be availble in the same quantities

And on top of all of that, it appears Russia is helping the Iranians in the war.

Go figure

https://www.economist.com/finance-and-economics/2026/03/13/vladimir-putin-enjoys-a-huge-windfall-from-the-iran-war

How Russia Emerged as an Early Winner of the Iran War

The war in Iran has shaken global markets and caused geopolitical blowback, but Russia could benefit in the short term.

time.com

 

[berg80]

For a guy immersed in transactional thinking about everything he's remarkably tone deaf.

 

[Yarddog]

Except thats a LIE.

Its a temprorary measure taking place in MARCH until April 11th... as an emergency measure to help against the spike in prices. It only involves Russian oil already aboard ships and at sea.
How is that going to help a prolonged conflict? the war in Iran has only been going on for 2 weeks.. and democrats were calling it a failure on day one.. without any information.
This kind of stuff is silly... prices have gone up before, and they will go down again.

 

[dudmuck]

Except thats a LIE.

Its a temprorary measure taking place in MARCH until April 11th... as an emergency measure to help against the spike in prices. It only involves Russian oil already aboard ships and at sea.
How is that going to help a prolonged conflict? the war in Iran has only been going on for 2 weeks.. and democrats were calling it a failure on day one.. without any information.
This kind of stuff is silly... prices have gone up before, and they will go down again.

in that one month, it will boost Russian oil exports by ~$10 billion.

 

[Anarchy666]

Except thats a LIE.

Its a temprorary measure taking place in MARCH until April 11th... as an emergency measure to help against the spike in prices. It only involves Russian oil already aboard ships and at sea.
How is that going to help a prolonged conflict? the war in Iran has only been going on for 2 weeks.. and democrats were calling it a failure on day one.. without any information.
This kind of stuff is silly... prices have gone up before, and they will go down again.

Shrodinger's Russia: Simultaneously incompetent enough to lose against Ukraine alone but mastermind enough to profit off the war against one of its key allies.

 

[jknowgood]

in that one month, it will boost Russian oil exports by ~$10 billion.

How many billions did Putin get, when Biden lifted the sanctions on his pipeline? It was good enough for him to start the Ukraine war.

 

[dudmuck]

How many billions did Putin get, when Biden lifted the sanctions on his pipeline? It was good enough for him to start the Ukraine war.

there werent any sanctions to lift back then, and no reason for sanctions prior russia invading ukraine.

 

[jknowgood]

there werent any sanctions to lift back then, and no reason for sanctions prior russia invading ukraine.

What's the North stream 2 pipeline line?

 

[ColonelAngus]

Trump is an evil dictator who does whatever he wants!

BUT, HE IS ALSO SLAVE TO PUTIN AND ISRAEL….BUT THE USA FUNDS UKRAINE.

 

[dudmuck]

What's the North stream 2 pipeline line?

that is Nord stream, not north.
This is what Germany wanted, but was sanctioned as soon as Putin invaded Ukraine.

 

[jknowgood]

that is Nord stream, not north.
This is what Germany wanted, but was sanctioned as soon as Putin invaded Ukraine.

Actually Biden lifted the sanctions on Putin, how do you think he got the money. To invade Ukraine, after he gave Hunter a few million.

 

[dudmuck]

Actually Biden lifted the sanctions on Putin, how do you think he got the money. To invade Ukraine, after he gave Hunter a few million.

the timeline is:
Russia invaded Ukraine on Feb24th 2022, which is a year after Biden entered office.
So, if there were any easing of sanctions, it was prior to anyone knowing that Russia would have invaded.